Scholarships & Educational Programs
Developing talent to meet the challenges of the future is key to our business strategy. One way we address this is by contributing to a range of scholarships and educational programs. These include:
Scholarships
- Thiess/MCA Women in Engineering Scholarship - one scholarship worth $8000 per annum.
- Monash Engineering Leadership Scholarship - one scholarship worth $6000 per annum during the final three years of study
- Thiess QUT Building Scholarship - two scholarships worth $5000 each per annum
- Thiess QUT Civil Scholarship - two scholarships worth $5000 each per annum
- Thiess UQ Scholarship in Civil Engineering - one scholarship worth $5000 per annum for three years
- Smart State Engineering Scholarships - Thiess contributes towards eight scholarships ranging from $2500 to $5000 per annum for four years
- Thiess Engineering Scholarships in Memory of Roger Trundle - three scholarships worth $10,000 each per annum available to UQ students
- Ivan Wood Memorial Scholarship for Excellence in HRM - one scholarship to the value of $8000 per annum. Sponsored in conjunction with Chandler Macleod
Educational Programs
- Griffith University Project Management Course - from 2009 Thiess Queensland will fund a new project management course as part of Griffith University's Bachelor of Engineering program. The five-year sponsorship is worth $150,000
- Indonesia Undergraduate Program - Thiess Contractors Indonesia (TCI) offers academic scholarships to undergraduate students in their final year of study. Upon graduation the students are employed by TCI under a Bound Agreement in accordance with their respective studies
- Thiess Plant Apprenticeship Program - Thiess offers a number of plant apprenticeships throughout the business annually.
- Thiess Indonesia Five-Year Apprenticeship Program - TCI has been operating the apprentice program for 16 years. The intake is from senior high schools and senior vocational schools
- Graduate Program - Thiess offers a two-year program that employs about 80 graduates annually and offers structured professional development workshops, supportive mentoring and coaching from experienced leaders, job rotation across different roles and/or locations, networking opportunities with business leaders and more.
